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Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday February ,
2020
From Jacksonville, FL
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“Faith is never a necessity
for AA membership ...
sobriety can be achieved
with an easily acceptable minimum of it ...
our concepts of a higher
power and God as we understand Him
afford everyone a nearly
unlimited choice of spiritual belief and action.”
~AA Co-Founder, Bill W.,
April 1961
"We cannot force
someone to hear a message
they are not ready to
receive,
but we must never
underestimate
the power of planting a
seed."
~Anonymous
The positive thinker sees
the invisible,
feels the intangible
and achieves the
impossible.
~Winston Churchill
It
has been said the longest distance on earth
is
from the head to the heart.
God
helps us with this journey as spiritual matters defy logic.
I can obtain knowledge about many things,
but
it is only when I understand at the heart level,
do
I truly "own" it.
-
Angie M
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Big Book Quote
"We try not to
indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor
do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. When we see a man sinking into the mire that is alcoholism, we give him first aid and place what we have at his disposal." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132 |
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of
the Day
DENNY
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Woodstock of the
South
Lake Lanier, GA
2018
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Willie’s
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First Media
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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here
SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!
Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
It will look like
this :
6/10 Bob S.
(Akron, OH).....84
2/1 Gillian L. (Brighton, UK)…..20
2/1
Diane O’D. (Buffalo, NY)…..7
2/1Mike
P. (Floral Park, NY)…..32
2/1
Rachel B. (Hertfordshire, UK)…..5
2/1
Carol S. ()…..33
2/1
Mary Lou M. (Stuart, FL)…..27
2/1
Sean D. (Woodbury, NY)…..12
2/1
Briar C. A. (Dallas, TX)…..7
2/2
Brad M. (Westfield, NY)…..37
2/2
Maureen B. (Locust Valley, NY)…..31
2/2
Edie P. (Methuen, MA)…..30
2/2
Jennifer W. (St. Mary’s, GA)…..4
2/2
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2/3 Joe
G. (Ponte Vedra, FL)…..4
2/3
Artie B. (Kings Park, NY)…..6
2/3
Emmanuel Z. (Pensacola, FL)…..6
2/3
Meredith T. (Santa Fe, NM)…..23
2/3
Fred W. (Honolulu, HI)…..29
2/4 Bob
F. (New Rochelle, NY)…..5
2/5
Alan B. ()…..1
2/5
Rick J. (Rye, NY)…..28
2/5
Jane S. (Newfound Lake, NH)…..11
2/6
Nick D. (New York, NY)…..21
2/6
Paul K. (Key Largo, FL/Cape Cod)…..36
2/7
Chick B. (Salt Lake City, UT)…..20
2/7
Macs S. (Scottsdale, AZ)…..32
2/7
Vance H. (Jacksonville, AR)…..15
2/7
Lorin C. (East Sandwich, MA)…..23
2/8
Patti L. (Tampa. FL)…..43
2/8
Kelly H. (Morristown, NJ)…..10
2/9
Roberta C. (Cape Coral, FL)……6
2/9
Darlene A. (Key Largo, FL)…..26
2/9
Jeff S. (Hillsdale, NJ)…..29
2/9
Jason G. (Dominical, Costa Rica)…..6
2/10
Judson G. (Fort Lauderdale, FL)…..51
2/10
Dory (Waynesville, NC)…..4
2/10
Howard S. (Colonia, NJ)…..6
2/10
Kay H. (Palmyra, VA)…..31
2/11
Steve B. (Wenham, MA)…..40
2/12
Gary S. (New York, NY)…..37
2/12
Huston A. (Houston, TX)…..2
2/12
Tom B. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..30
2/12
Pamela H. (Sparta, TN)…..10
2/12
Julie K. (Wausau, WI)…..8
2/12
Bob J. (Harrison, NY)…..6
2/12
Betty P. Valparaiso, IN)…..36
2/12
Nancy O. (South Jersey)…..8
2/12
Scott H. (New York, NY)…..4
2/13
Tom B. (Madeleine Island, WI)…..31
2/14
Richard B. (North Port, FL)…..10
2/14
Laura C. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..5
2/14
Charles V. (Morristown, NJ)…..2
2/14
Zach G. (Plymouth, MA)…..10
2/15
Josh D. (Bath, UK)…..15
2/15
Daniel H. (Tampa/Brandon, FL)…..34
2/15
John T. (Connecticut)…..33
2/16
Joanne M. (Waynesville, NC)…..14
2/16
Clarence Mc (Port Charlotte, FL)…..45
2/16
Nancy B. (North Port, FL)…..37
2/17
Jamie R. (Cape Cod, MA)…..5
2/17
Noel S. (Harrison, NY)…..11
2/17
Pete R. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..9
2/17
Luke R. (Bluffton, SC)…..19
2/17
David H. (Rye, NH)…..42
2/17
Greg J. (New York, NY)…..3
2/18
Allan C. (No. Andover, MA)…..9
2/18
Jim P. (Jacksonville, FL)…..18
2/18
Michael P. (Elmont, NY)…..28
2/18
Alex Z. (Houston, TX)…..5
2/18
Marcia T. (Sag Harbor, NY)…..35
2/19
Debi K. East Norwich, NY)…..17
2/19
Michelle T. (Bluffton, SC)…..1
2/9 Joe
R (Astoria, NY)…..3
2/20
Arch S. (Chicago, IL)…..31
2/20
Cami M. (Minden, LA)…..10
2/20
Jackie M. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..14
2/20
Dorothy (New York, NY)…..28
2/20
Mary S. (Apex, NC)…..18
2/21
Mike D. (Nantucket, MA)…..27
2/22
Marshall T. (Nantucket/Venice, FL)…..22
2/22
Casey Q. (Manchvegas, NH)…..27
2/22
Michael W. (Key West, FL)…..13
2/23
Daniel R. ()…..3
2/23
Scott J. (Victorville, CA)…..6
2/24
Betsy W. (Sarasota, FL)…..31
2/25
Judy S. (Los Angeles, CA)…..39
2/25
Bonnie A. (Cape Cod, MA)…..40
2/26
John G. (Stuart, FL)…..35
2/26
Jose R. (Sarasota, FL)…..26
2/26
Vaiva (Monterey, CA)…..19
2/27
David H. (Rye, NY)…..31
2/27
Julie M. (Amelia Island, FL)…..8
2/27
Neil R. (Queens, NY)…6
2/28 Tony T. (Austin, TX)…..1
2/28 Polly S. (Clearwater, FL)…..28
2/28 Matt M. (Pelham, NY)…..10
2/29
Royce Mc. (Unicoi, TN)…..24
1835 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Seven - "Humbly asked Him to remove our
shortcomings."
With great intelligence, men of science have been forcing nature to disclose her secrets. The immense resources now being harnessed promise such a quantity of material blessings that many have come to believe that a man-made millennium lies just ahead. Poverty will disappear, and there will be such abundance that everybody can have all the security and personal satisfactions he desires. The theory seems to be that once everybody's primary instincts are satisfied, there won't be much left to quarrel about. The world will then turn happy and be free to concentrate on culture and character. Solely by their own intelligence and labor, men will have shaped their own destiny. pp. 70-71 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
We should be free from alcohol for good.
It's out of our hands and in the hands of God,
so we don't need to worry about it or even think about it any more.
But if we haven't done this honestly and fully,
the chances are that it will become our problem again.
Since we don't trust God to take care of our problem for us,
we reach out and take the problem
back to ourselves.
Then it's our problem again and we're in the same old mess we
were
in before. Do I trust God to take care of the problem for me? Meditation For The Day No work is of value without preparation.
Every spiritual work must have behind it much
spiritual preparation. Cut short times of prayer and times
of spiritual preparation and
many hours of work may be profitless.
From the point of view of God, one poor tool
working all the time, but doing bad work because of lack of preparation,
is of small value compared with a sharp, keen,
perfect instrument working only for a short time, but that
turns out perfect work because of long hours of spiritual preparation. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may spend more time alone with God.
I pray that I may get more strength
and joy from such times, so that they will add much to my work. |
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Daily Thought
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( \(AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/ AA \
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Let Go If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 58 Thought to Consider . . . When I let go of what I am, I can become what I might be.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
F E A R
Frantic Efforts to Appear Recovered |
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Daily Reflection
WHAT? NO
PRESIDENT?
When told that our
Society has no president having
authority to govern
it, no treasurer who can compel the
payment of any dues,
. . . our friends gasp and exclaim,
"This simply
can't be. . . ."
TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132
When I finally made
my way to A.A., I could not believe
that there was no
treasurer to "compel the payment of
dues." I could not
imagine an organization that didn't
require monetary
contributions in return for a service. It
was my first and,
thus far, only experience with getting
"something for
nothing." Because I did not feel used or
conned by those in
A.A., I was able to approach the
program free from
bias and with an open mind. They
wanted nothing from
me. What could I lose? I thank God
for the wisdom of
the early founders who knew so well the
alcoholic's disdain
for being manipulated.
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Pot Luck
Walk In Dry Places
Am I Special?
Self-understanding
An
early professional believed that alcoholics get into trouble
because
they thought they were SPECIAL.
Thinking
we're special certainly creates all sorts of problems.
It's
true that every person is special in that no two people are exactly
alike.
But
we're also part of the human race, and we are bound
by
the general limitations that apply to everyone.
We
got into trouble partly because we thought we were special
and
could break universal commonsense rules.
When
we stop thinking of ourselves as special,
we
also become more teachable.
We
learn more from the experiences of others.
Then
we realize that we're both special and generic,
and
we use his knowledge for self-improvement
rather
than self-destruction.
I'll
remember today that I'm special in certain ways,
but
that I'm also part of the human race and
subject
to things that apply to everyone.
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copies in print (the original text has been revised),
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daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.
A spiritual resource with practical
applications to fit our daily lives.
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